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Fairfield County
Baseball Project
Types of Coaches / Players• New to the game – don’t know much and eager to learn about the
game
• Around the game for a while – know all they think there is to know
about the game
• Around the game for a long time – know a lot, and eager to learn
about the game
• Bottom line: Which player do you want? Which Coach should we all strive to be?
** http://http://www.hsbaseballweb.com/probability.htm
"It's unbelievable how much you don't know "It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.“
- Mickey Mantle
Coaching• Coaching is a complex art and science – there is a lot to it!
Coach
• Coaching requires on-going learning and care about all of its pieces
Baseball
Player Parent
Coaching• Coaching is a complex art and science – there is a lot to it!
Coach
• Coaching requires on-going learning and care about all of its pieces
Baseball
Player Parent
• Life lessons / team work
• Positive coaching
• Cares about my kid
• Communication
Accountability
How many kids move up?• Youth baseball to high school*?
• High school to college**?
• College to professional**?
* http://www.littleleague.org/media/newsarchive/Unknown_Dates/too_much_baseball.htm
** http://http://www.hsbaseballweb.com/probability.htm
How many kids move up?• Youth baseball to high school*? 1 in 13, or about 8%
• High school to college**? 3 in 50, or about 5.6%
• College to professional**? 11 in 100, or about 10.5%
• Bottom line: What’s this mean and where is our greatest opportunity as coaches to make a difference in kids’ lives?
* http://www.littleleague.org/media/newsarchive/Unknown_Dates/too_much_baseball.htm
** http://http://www.hsbaseballweb.com/probability.htm
Survey – Coaching Expectations
Survey – Coaching Expectations
Coaching Tools
Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) Materials
Baseball Excellence Materials
PCA Materials Map
Double Goal Coach
Desc
Coach
Honoring the Game
Script
C1
ELMScript
C2
Emotional TankScript
C3
PositiveCharting
C4
Mission Statement
TripleImpact
DefineGoals
Mistake Ritual
Parent Pledge
Parent / Guardian
Letter
Parent Meeting
(Agenda)
Parent
Player
High impact points
More info on PCA
www.positivecoach.org
Sign-up for weeklytalking points
Practice
Baseball Excellence
Materials MapA Skilland a
Coach
PracticePlanner
C1
GameDay
C3
PracticePlanner
Companion
and a Drill
Planner Day Coach
• Lists by position• Skill • Approach• Mistakes • Drills
• Cross references • Practice Planner • Game Day Coach • Tip of the Week
• 2wk sample practice schedule
• Skills by position• Check list• Tips• Drills
• Game day philosophy
• Pregame activities
• Defense decisions
• Offense decisions
• Interacting with umpires
More info on Baseball Excellence
www.baseball-excellence.com
Sign-up for Tipsof the Week
Additional instruction
How to Access Materials
www.fcybaseball.com
Coaches materials
Summary• Being the best coach you can be requires continual learning about
the game
– Art of Coaching – the more you do it, the better you get– Art of Coaching – the more you do it, the better you get
– Science of Coaching – there is a process you can follow
• Positive Coaching Alliance helps show “how” for the softer, vital parts
of coaching
• Baseball Excellence helps show the “what”, “why”, and “when” for the
baseball parts of coaching
• Ask for help - FCYBA is making an investment in you and the kids!
